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Abstract

A horseshoe like hoof pad of plastic material having two legs, which can be adopted to the size of the hoof by means for changing their distance with respect to one another having the form of a connecting bar bridging these legs of the pad within the area of their ends and engaging the legs, which pad having a lower surface contacting the underground and an upper surface contacting the hoof, which lower surface is provided with profile elements. In order to improve the connection of the ends of the legs and especially to improve the transmission of forces over essentially the entire front faces of the ends of the legs as well as to improve the connecting bar in form of a snug fit piece adapted to different sized horseshoes the invention proposes to configure the connecting bar as a surface covering, separate, snug fit piece having a special circumference completing essentially the recesses within the ends of the legs if this piece is inserted into the ends with the effect that the legs of the hoof pad can be extended or contracted elastically in dependency of the size of the special configured snug fit piece keeping the legs in mounted condition of the piece under tension.

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